Ní féidir ach ceisteanna agus freagraí a foilsíodh tar éis Iúil 2012 a amharc anseo. Is féidir amharc de réir téarma nó dátaí ar leith ó Mhárta 2016 ar aghaidh do Ranna Rialtais. Foilsítear freagraí scríofa de réir mar a fhaightear iad ó Ranna. Chun ceisteanna parlaiminte a foilsíodh roimh Iúil 2012 a fheiceáil, cuardaigh Díospóireachtaí na Dála.
Ceisteanna agus freagraí le haghaidh gach suí
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Máirt, 21 Márta 2023
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Eating Disorders
Martin Browne
1423. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health Further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 1 February 2023, if consideration will be given to a National Feeding Disorders Programme, given feeding disorders fall outside the scope of the National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders; if he plans to provide an inclusive service for children with avoidant restrictive food intake disorder who have ASD and can therefore do not fit the criteria for mental health intervention as referenced in the response; if he is aware of this shortcoming in services; the way he intends to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13407/23]
Máirt, 21 Márta 2023
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Animal Welfare
Martin Browne
1537. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has acted on the concerns submitted to his office by an individual (details supplied) regarding numerous websites that have listed dogs for sale or adoption, in contravention of the Animal Health and Welfare (Sale or supply of pet animals) Regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12430/23]
Déar, 9 Márta 2023
oral
Coillte Teoranta
Martin Browne
16. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte will be able to avail of grants and premia under his proposed new forestry programme; and if he intends to issue a new shareholder letter of expectations to Coillte in 2023. [11935/23]
Déar, 9 Márta 2023
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Forestry Sector
Martin Browne
46. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his targets for issuing afforestation licences in 2023. [11936/23]
Céad, 8 Márta 2023
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Consumer Rights
Martin Browne
88. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to introduce legislation to protect access to cash as recommended by the Retail Banking Review; and if this legislation will include a protection on cash sales as part of the access to cash. [11848/23]
Máirt, 7 Márta 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Martin Browne
362. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Education the number of current and planned additional ASD places for primary school children in areas (details supplied), in tabular form. [10913/23]
Déar, 2 Márta 2023
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Equality Issues
Martin Browne
264. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that young LGBTQ people in Ireland are being targeted on social media with advertisements for conversion therapy; and the measures his Department plans to take to address the issue. [10812/23]
Céad, 1 Márta 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Martin Browne
104. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Education if schools can refuse a child a place in a special class for children with autism based on continence issues, despite a recommendation for a place in such a class being made by a clinical psychologist.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10423/23]
Céad, 1 Márta 2023
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Eating Disorders
Martin Browne
175. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if he intends to develop a model of care for people with the eating condition of avoidant restrictive food intake disorder; if he intends to develop a model of care for people with ARFID and a diagnosis or ASD or other associated condition in what could be referred to as dual diagnosis; if he has any intention of appointing a clinical lead in providing a pathway to care for people with ARFID, with reference to children and adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10419/23]
Céad, 1 Márta 2023
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Eating Disorders
Martin Browne
176. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of people in Ireland estimated to have the eating condition ARFID; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10420/23]
Céad, 1 Márta 2023
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Eating Disorders
Martin Browne
177. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health his views on the equality of access to treatment for people in Ireland with ARFID, with reference to geographical location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10421/23]
Céad, 1 Márta 2023
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Eating Disorders
Martin Browne
178. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health his views on the equality of access to treatment for people in Ireland with ARFID and another associated or complicating condition, such as ASD, with reference to geographical location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10422/23]
Máirt, 28 Feabh 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Martin Browne
374. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Education the number of children in south Tipperary in need of an ASD class; the number of places available for children in south Tipperary in need of an ASD class; the measures being taken to ensure all children in need of an ASD class in south Tipperary are facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10196/23]
Máirt, 28 Feabh 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Martin Browne
375. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Education the number of children in north Tipperary in need of an ASD class; the number of places available for children in north Tipperary in need of an ASD class; the measures being taken to ensure all children in need of an ASD class in north Tipperary are facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10197/23]
Máirt, 28 Feabh 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Martin Browne
379. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Education if provision is being made at the new primary school in Carrick-on-Suir for an ASD class; if so, if she will provide details; if not, the measures being taken to ensure all children in need in Carrick-on-Suir are facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10215/23]
Máirt, 28 Feabh 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Martin Browne
381. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Education if a student (details supplied) who is in need of access to a local ASD class will be facilitated as a priority given the student's age; if the psychology report which recommends access to an ASD unit will oblige schools in the area for which an application has been made to accept the student; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10254/23]
Máirt, 28 Feabh 2023
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Capital Expenditure Programme
Martin Browne
590. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the 90 locations where a capital programme to replace, upgrade and refurbish care facilities (details supplied) is to be undertaken; the nature of the works involved; the timeframe involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9741/23]
Déar, 23 Feabh 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Martin Browne
222. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Education the number of new ASD classrooms for County Tipperary, and their locations. [9299/23]
Déar, 16 Feabh 2023
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Martin Browne
113. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is committed to continuing with the development of a new community nursing unit on the site of St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary; to provide details of the work carried out to date and the work that is scheduled to take place; the plans for the residents that were transferred from St, Patricks to Our Lady’s under a three agreement in 2020; if there are plans to extend this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7719/23]
Déar, 16 Feabh 2023
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Martin Browne
146. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question 304 of 26 January 2023, if the planned development of a community nursing unit at St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel will host 60 beds or 50 beds; the progress that has been made in the design stage for the project since the pandemic interrupted work on this project in March 2020; if the work of the design team has resumed since that interruption; to provide the details of that progress; the funding that has been made available or approved for the project to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7718/23]
Déar, 16 Feabh 2023
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Insurance Coverage
Martin Browne
232. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the adequacy of the Report on Insurance and Fire Safety in Thatched Properties in addressing the immediate insurance concerns of thatched property owners; his views on the omission from the report of any consultation with the insurance industry; if he has considered the introduction or any measures such as grant assistance to ensure that the owners of such buildings can be assisted in maintaining these for the purpures of their own domestic and business concerns as well as to ensure their survival from a social and historical perspective; if he intends on pursuing any other avenues to address the issues owners of these properties having getting affordable insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7836/23]
Máirt, 14 Feabh 2023
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Student Accommodation
Martin Browne
63. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on student accommodation projects at advanced stages of planning that remain undeveloped due to a lack of agreement on Government support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6950/23]
Máirt, 14 Feabh 2023
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Third Level Education
Martin Browne
70. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps being taken to deliver an increased provision of healthcare education, given the recent recognition by the Minister for Health that we need to approximately double the number of healthcare professionals we are training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6949/23]
Máirt, 14 Feabh 2023
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Medicinal Products
Martin Browne
557. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the process for pregnant women suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum to access cariban under the redress scheme. [6527/23]
Máirt, 14 Feabh 2023
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Medicinal Products
Martin Browne
558. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that requiring a consultant prescription for pregnant women suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum to access cariban effectively limits the reimbursement scheme to those women with private healthcare given the vast majority of pregnant women in the public system do not see their consultant. [6528/23]
Máirt, 14 Feabh 2023
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Medicinal Products
Martin Browne
559. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in full the instructions given to consultants and midwives on the prescription of Cariban. [6529/23]
Máirt, 14 Feabh 2023
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Medicinal Products
Martin Browne
561. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of cariban prescriptions that have been processed through the drugs payment scheme to date. [6531/23]
Céad, 8 Feabh 2023
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Martin Browne
228. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the increase in class sizes in a school (details supplied). [5934/23]
Céad, 8 Feabh 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Martin Browne
324. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Justice if his Department has received further contact from the Garda College, Templemore regarding public access to the swimming pool; and if he sought an update on the issue since his visit to Templemore on 13 January 2023. [5935/23]
Déar, 2 Feabh 2023
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Agriculture Supports
Martin Browne
431. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if research is being carried out on increasing the production of sheep milk in Ireland; his views on whether Ireland has a potential market to expand into, given that some EU member states, which have traditionally been the largest sheep milk producers, are witnessing a reduction in their ability to produce sheep milk; if he has any plans to assist in expanding Ireland’s production of sheep milk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5512/23]
Déar, 2 Feabh 2023
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Agriculture Supports
Martin Browne
432. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has plans to request a detailed analysis from Teagasc regarding the potential for Ireland to increase its sheep milk production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5513/23]
Céad, 1 Feabh 2023
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Eating Disorders
Martin Browne
239. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health his views on the claims made on the HSE website in which it is outlined that the national clinical programme for eating disorders focusses on four main eating disorders, including avoidant restrictive food intake disorder; if his attention has been drawn to reports that a number of children with this condition cannot receive the services they need; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that, despite reference on the website to a national clinical lead, some children with ARFID are without a clinical lead; if he will outline the services that are available and accessible to children with ARFID, including those children with autism, in each CHO; the services available for children in CHOs where such services are not available; the access routes available to families and children in CHOs where such services and clinical leads or experienced professionals are not available; if he will consider requesting that the HSE website be amended to reflect the deficit of services and the way that any services that may be available can be accessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4963/23]
Céad, 1 Feabh 2023
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Mental Health Services
Martin Browne
300. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if he will provide waiting list figures for CAMHS services in CHO 3 and CHO5; the number of children waiting 0-3, 3-6, 6-12 months, and over 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5173/23]
Céad, 1 Feabh 2023
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Eating Disorders
Martin Browne
301. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the reason that fully-operational specialist eating disorder teams are not available in CHO3 and CHO5; if he will provide data on the staffing of each of the teams nationally, including staffing vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5174/23]
Céad, 1 Feabh 2023
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Health Services Staff
Martin Browne
302. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time psychiatrists allocated to CAMHS in each CHO; and the number of vacancies that exist in these positions in each CHO. [5175/23]
Céad, 1 Feabh 2023
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Health Services Staff
Martin Browne
303. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all CAMHS teams that are operational on a seven-days-a-week basis; and the availability of staff in each discipline. [5176/23]
Céad, 1 Feabh 2023
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Mental Health Services
Martin Browne
304. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health his views on the suitability of the environments provided to cater for crisis mental health presentations to the emergency department at Tipperary University Hospital; if it provides the privacy needed to cater for multiple patients at one time; if he has plans to invest in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5177/23]
Máirt, 31 Ean 2023
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Forestry Sector
Martin Browne
798. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is planned to publish the forestry licensing plan for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4746/23]
Máirt, 31 Ean 2023
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Forestry Sector
Martin Browne
799. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons that in 2022 Coillte secured 110% of the target number of felling licences that was specified in the Forestry Licensing Plan 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4747/23]
Máirt, 31 Ean 2023
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Forestry Sector
Martin Browne
800. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the private felling category of the Forestry Licensing Plan 2022 only achieved 88% of its target number of felling licences issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4748/23]
Máirt, 31 Ean 2023
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Forestry Sector
Martin Browne
801. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the afforestation licence category of the Forestry Licensing Plan 2022 only achieved 68% of its target number of licences issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4749/23]
Máirt, 31 Ean 2023
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Forestry Sector
Martin Browne
802. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is not accepting any forest grant applications as of 1 January 2023, if it is also not issuing any grant approvals from the same date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4750/23]
Máirt, 31 Ean 2023
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Men's Sheds
Martin Browne
811. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to reports that stand-alone men's sheds, including those not in resource centres, are excluded from the men’s shed sustainability grant if they received funding from a separate grant source in 2022; and the plans she has to address this issue and ensure that all sheds can avail of this fund equally. [4362/23]
Déar, 26 Ean 2023
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Hospital Facilities
Martin Browne
304. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to develop a proposed 60-bed unit planned for St. Patrick’s Hospital Cashel; the reasons for its delay; if he will provide an update on plans to progress the development going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3791/23]
Céad, 25 Ean 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Martin Browne
116. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that data is not available for the average wait times for additional needs' payments; and her views on whether having this data would better inform the Government of any potential issues with the system. [3436/23]
Máirt, 24 Ean 2023
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Disability Services
Martin Browne
514. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent positions allocated to Clonmel CDNT; the number of the positions that are vacant; the number of children attached to the team as of 31 December 2022. [2825/23]
Déar, 19 Ean 2023
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Housing Policy
Martin Browne
229. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to change the bands for social housing to better reflect the reality of the housing market (details supplied). [2502/23]
Déar, 19 Ean 2023
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General Practitioner Services
Martin Browne
309. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health if he has plans in place to ensure non-medical card patients are not left without a GP when their GP retires (details supplied). [2501/23]
Déar, 19 Ean 2023
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Ambulance Service
Martin Browne
317. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the resources that will be made available to implement the new protocol that would allow the National Ambulance Service to bring certain patients to the medical assessment unit, Nenagh; the needs that he foresees Nenagh as needing to address this new demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2532/23]
Déar, 19 Ean 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Martin Browne
318. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to address the backlog caused by the cancellation of inpatient and outpatient appointments in the UL Hospitals Group as a result of reductions in scheduled care following the declaration of a major internal incident at University Hospital Limerick on 2 January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2533/23]